A CHARITY football match organised by Crewe Alex stadium announcer Andy Scoffin has already raised more than £4,500 for The Christie.

The Gresty Road fundraiser, played behind-closed-doors on Sunday evening, featured teams split into those donning home and away Crewe Alex kits. Players paid up to £25 each to play in teams captained by Andy's sons, Ashley and Warren.

Lifelong Alex fan Andy is fighting cancer for the second time in eleven years. He was a patient at The Christie for several months in 2009/10 and has returned for treatment in recent times.

The Christie is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe and an international leader in research.

Andy kicked off the action and after a tightly-fought game it was the Alex away shirted team that emerged victorious by a 4-0 margin with the goals coming from Ben Gilbert, Matt Johnson, Gavin McKeith and James Dodd.

Andy said afterwards: "A big thank you to Crewe Alexandra for their support and use of the pitch, many Crewe fans realised a longstanding dream by playing on the Gresty Road pitch. Thank you to all the many donators - both players and non players."

The full game can be watched on YouTube

The Alex red home shirts team consisted of: Ashley Scoffin (captain, goalkeeper), Tony Shaw, Alan Welsh, Garth Kent, Zach Homer, Andrew Bradley, Jack Wilson, Alex Bebbington, Luke Bebbington, Grant Coiley, Tyler Birtles, Glyn Roberts, Matthew Catchpole, David Davenport, Jacob Taylor, Euan Aitchison, Martin Cooper, Jake Jackson, Martin Caldwell, Ali Lawrence, David Coleman, Michael Large, Lewis Griffiths.

The Alex away shirts team was made up of: Chris McGarrigle (goalkeeper), James Shaw (goalkeeper), Christopher Jones, Ben Law, Tom Billsborough, Jord Robinson, James Dodd, Neil Bergin, Warren Scoffin (captain), Alex Gresty, James Hill, Ben Gilbert, Gary Sinclair, Jack Hulme, Mark Beavon, Paul Spencer (Dario G), Stephen Hagyard, Daniel Prince, Aaron Walters, Russ Phillips, Gavin McKeith, Matt Johnson, Craig Baller.

The match officials were Jem Cornes (Referee), Ben Carter, Ben Guildford and Chris Lawson.

With a target of £5,000 donations are still being received up to May 19 via this JustGiving page